#388BD5#388BD5

#388BD5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.137 H 248.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388BD5
RGB	rgb(56, 139, 213)
HSL	hsl(208, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(208, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 34.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.20, -0.20, -45.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.20, 45.12, 269.75°)
OKLab	oklab(62.12% -0.0495 -0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(62.12% 0.137 248.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.8692, 24.1075, 66.3858)
Luminance	0.2411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388BD5 #D58238

analogous

#38D5D0 #388BD5 #383DD5

triadic

#388BD5 #D5388B #8BD538

tetradic

#388BD5 #D038D5 #D58238 #3DD538

square

#388BD5 #D038D5 #D58238 #3DD538

split-complementary

#388BD5 #D5383D #D5D038

monochromatic

#1A4C79 #246CAC #388BD5 #6BA8E0 #9DC6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#388BD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#388BD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388BD5

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388BD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388BD5	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#698FD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5280D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388bd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 139, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.137 248.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ace2',
    500: '#388bd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388bd5;
$custom-light: #83ace2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388bd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.28,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6212,
    "c": 0.13749,
    "h": 248.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388BD5

secondary

#D6B292

accent

#8F40E8

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #388BD5

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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